Mobile payment apparatus and method

ABSTRACT

A mobile payment apparatus includes a communication unit configured to exchange payment information with a communication peer end using a radio link, a memory configured to store mobile payment software, a SE, including a first storage module and a processor, and at least one CPU configured to execute general operating system software. The processor is configured to load the mobile payment software from the memory to the first storage module and exchange the payment information with the communication unit under action of the mobile payment software. The first storage module is configured to provide memory space for executing the mobile payment software for the processor. The SE and the at least one CPU are located in a first semiconductor chip.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/CN2015/092098, filed on Oct. 16, 2015, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 201510201343.9, filed on Apr. 24, 2015.The disclosures of the aforementioned applications are herebyincorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communication, andin particular, to a mobile payment apparatus and method.

BACKGROUND

Mobile payment refers to a service manner in which a user is allowed touse a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer of theuser to make payment for a consumed commodity or service. Currently,there are three manners for implementing mobile payment using a mobileterminal, which are respectively, a secure digital (SD) card solution, asubscriber identity module (SIM) solution, and a terminal-based solutioncombining near field communication (NFC) with a SE (SE). Currently, theterminal-based solution combining NFC with a SE is gradually becoming amainstream choice for implementing a mobile payment solution.

An existing terminal-based solution is shown in FIG. 1. A mobileterminal 10 communicates with a point of sale (POS) machine 11 using aNFC unit 101 in the mobile terminal 10. A short distance radiocommunication link 12 between the NFC unit 101 and the POS machine 11 isa bidirectional path and can be implemented using various suitable shortdistance radio communication protocols so as to implement a basic radiocommunication function for mobile payment. For example, thecommunication link 12 may be used to transmit POS instruction data andthe like from the POS machine 11 to the NFC unit 101 in the mobileterminal 10. A SE 102 may be a component coupled to an independentcentral processing unit (CPU) 103 configured to execute variousfunctions related to a financial payment service and store data such asa key or a certificate that is related to a bank service. In atransaction, the SE 102 receives the POS instruction data from the NFCunit 101, parses the instruction data, and makes a correspondingresponse according to a financial transaction protocol. The response isfed back by the NFC unit 101 to the POS machine 11, to complete datatransmission in mobile payment, so that the mobile terminal 10 is usedas a transaction verification card. The CPU 103 executes operatingsystem software 1031, for example, ANDRIOD system software, and the CPU103 is configured to control the NFC unit 101 and the SE 102, forexample, control turning-on or turning-off of the NFC unit 101 and theSE 102. In addition, the mobile terminal 10 may include an input unit104. The input unit 104 may be a touch screen configured to exchangemessages with a user using a user interface (UI) so that the user mayinput an operation instruction into the input unit 104 using the UI toinstruct the operating system software 1031 and related applicationsoftware to perform a related operation, for example, confirming atransaction or inputting a personal transaction password. The POSmachine 11, as a terminal device for performing a transaction, isconnected to a cloud server 14 on a network side using the Internet sothat a payment service is computed and completed using the server 14.The server 14 on the network side is generally executed by a bank.

The terminal-based solution may include online payment and offlinepayment. In offline payment, as shown in FIG. 1, contactless cardreading is performed between the mobile terminal 10 and the POS machine11, for example, a mobile phone is read, and the NFC unit 101 and the SE102 act together to complete a payment transaction. Online payment maybe implemented without using the NFC unit 10. In this case, the CPU 103and the SE 102 can be connected to the Internet through a mobilecommunication network, to implement online payment. In this case, the SE102 achieves a purpose equivalent to that of a bank universal serial bus(USB) key and is configured to store and verify a bank certificate.Therefore, the NFC unit 101 in FIG. 1 is optional. Referring to FIG. 1,when online payment is performed, the mobile terminal 10 may furtherinclude a mobile communication unit 105 configured to function in placeof the NFC unit 101 when offline payment is performed. The mobilecommunication unit 105 is connected to a radio access network (RAN) 15,and a base station in the RAN 15, and is connected to the Internetthrough the RAN 15. The Internet is connected to the server 14 locatedin the Internet, so that the server 14 receives instruction data ortransmits information to the SE 102. The SE 102 parses the instructiondata and makes a corresponding response according to the financialtransaction protocol, so that the mobile communication unit 105transmits the data to the server 14 on a network side through the mobileInternet. In this case, the mobile communication unit 105 may be a unitexecuting a cellular radio communication protocol, and is configured toconnect the mobile terminal 10 to the Internet using a cellular radiocommunication link 13. The mobile communication unit 105 may execute acellular radio communication protocol such as the Global System forMobile Communications (GSM), the Universal Mobile TelecommunicationsSystem (UMTS), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)or Long Term Evolution (LTE), to implement a mobile Internet function ofthe mobile terminal 10.

Currently, in solutions used by various mobile terminals, the SE 102 isdisposed outside a primary system. As shown in FIG. 1, the CPU 103 andthe mobile communication unit 105 may be located on one integratedcircuit substrate, for example, integrated into a central chip 106. TheSE 102 is a chip independent of the central chip 106. The SE 102communicates with the CPU 103 in the central chip 106 using a serialperipheral interface (SPI). However, the SE 102 is disposed outside thecentral chip 106, resulting in the SE 102 and the central chip 106occupying a large area on a main board of the mobile terminal 10, and ahigher cost is required.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a mobile payment apparatusand method that may reduce a cost and area for implementation of mobilepayment hardware.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a mobile payment apparatus including a communication unitconfigured to exchange payment information with a communication peer endusing a radio link, a memory configured to store mobile paymentsoftware, a SE including a first storage module and a processor, and atleast one CPU configured to execute general operating system softwareand control at least one of the communication unit, the memory, or theSE under action of the general operating system software. The processoris configured to load the mobile payment software from the memory to thefirst storage module, execute the mobile payment software, and exchangethe payment information with the communication unit under action of themobile payment software. The first storage module is configured toprovide memory space for executing the mobile payment software for theprocessor, where the SE and the at least one CPU are located in a firstsemiconductor chip in the mobile payment apparatus. The SE and the atleast one CPU are integrated using the first semiconductor chip.Therefore, costs and an area for implementation of mobile paymenthardware are reduced. Optionally, the communication unit may include abaseband unit. The communication unit may further include a radiofrequency unit.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, the memory is located in a secondsemiconductor chip in the mobile payment apparatus. Because the firstsemiconductor chip is independent of the second semiconductor chip, thestorage unit storing the mobile payment software may not be integratedwith the SE executing the mobile payment software, which may reducedifficulty and complexity of hardware implementation. For example, forreasons such as a process and an area, it may be difficult to integratea current memory with the first chip including a CPU. In this solution,the SE may be integrated with the CPU and an off-chip memory may beused, which may be suitable for a mobile payment solution.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect,the memory includes a secure storage region and a common storage regionthat are isolated from each other, where the secure storage region isused to store the mobile payment software, and the common storage regionis used to store the general operating system software. The processor isconfigured to load the mobile payment software from the secure storageregion in the memory to the first storage module. The at least one CPUis configured to read the general operating system software from thecommon storage region in the memory and execute the general operatingsystem software. The memory is reused for both the general operatingsystem software and the mobile payment software so that the generaloperating system software and the mobile payment software coexist in onememory and are securely isolated from each other, which may save memoryresources on the premise of ensuring security.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect,the memory is dedicated to storage of the mobile payment software. Themobile payment apparatus further includes a common storage unit, wherethe common storage unit is located in a third semiconductor chip in themobile payment apparatus and the common storage unit is configured tostore the general operating system software. The at least one CPU isconfigured to read the general operating system software from the commonstorage unit and execute the general operating system software. In theimplementation manner, the dedicated memory that is specific for storageof the mobile payment software may be physically isolated from thecommon storage unit so that operational security may be furtherimproved.

With reference to the first aspect or any one of the first to thirdpossible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a fourthpossible implementation manner of the first aspect, the mobile paymentsoftware includes mobile payment operating system software. Secure andreliable mobile payment operating system software is used in the mobilepayment software, which can ensure operational security and also helpimplement more types of mobile payment application software using themobile payment operating system software as a platform, for example, tosupport of services of different banks. Optionally, the mobile paymentoperating system software is a chip operating system (COS) mirror.

With reference to the fourth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect,the mobile payment software further includes at least one type of mobilepayment application software. A larger quantity of mobile paymentapplication software helps extend a mobile payment service to moredifferent service providers, for example, different banks or commercialorganizations.

With reference to the fourth or fifth possible implementation manner ofthe first aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, the SE further includes a second storage module configured tostore a startup program for initiating the processor. When the SE ispowered on, the processor is configured to read the startup program fromthe second storage module, load the mobile payment operating systemsoftware from the memory to the first storage module under action of thestartup program, and execute the mobile payment operating systemsoftware. Because a startup program for initiating the SE is located inan independent second storage module in the SE, startup security of theSE may be increased.

With reference to the fifth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect,the processor is configured to load one or more types of mobile paymentapplication software of the at least one type of mobile paymentapplication software from the memory to the first storage module uponbeing triggered by the payment information exchanged between theprocessor and the communication unit, and execute the one or more typesof mobile payment application software. Because the loading andexecuting of the mobile payment application software is triggered by theexchanged payment information, when there is no payment service, relatedmobile payment application software may be not started which may savememory space of the first storage module. In a case in which the SE ishighly integrated, space of the first storage module may be verylimited, and the present solution may achieve a cost-saving effect.

With reference to the first aspect or any one of the first to seventhpossible implementation manners of the first aspect, in an eighthpossible implementation manner of the first aspect, the paymentinformation includes a mobile payment instruction that is transmittedfrom the communication peer end to the processor via the communicationunit and mobile payment data transmitted from the processor to thecommunication peer end via the communication unit in response to themobile payment instruction. Therefore, the payment information involvesa bidirectional communication process in mobile payment.

With reference to the eighth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect,the mobile payment data includes data resulting from security processingand the security processing includes at least one of data encryption ordata integrity protection. Because security processing is performed onthe mobile payment data, when the mobile payment apparatus is configuredto perform mobile payment, security of the mobile payment data sent tothe communication peer end may be more secure.

With reference to the ninth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect,the processor is further configured to generate the data resulting fromsecurity processing. Because the processor includes a securityprocessing process, the security processing process is more centralizedon the processor, and additional security hardware is not needed, whichcan reduce a cost.

With reference to the ninth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in an eleventh possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, the processor is further configured to generate original data.The SE further includes a security processing module configured toperform the security processing on the original data to generate thedata resulting from security processing. The security processing moduleindependent of the processor is used to perform security processing,thereby implementing acceleration of security processing and furtheroptimizing implementation of the processing. Optionally, the securityprocessing module may be a hardware accelerator.

With reference to the first aspect or any one of the first to eleventhpossible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a twelfthpossible implementation manner of the first aspect, the controlperformed by the at least one CPU on the at least one of thecommunication unit, the memory, or the SE includes controlling ofturning-on, turning-off, entry into or exit from a low power state or aworking state. Optionally, the at least one CPU may be an advancedreduced instruction set computing (RISC) machine (ARM) processor. The atleast one CPU may control execution of another unit in a system ingeneral.

With reference to the first aspect or any one of the first to twelfthpossible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a thirteenthpossible implementation manner of the first aspect, the communicationunit is a NFC unit, the communication peer end is a payment terminal,and the NFC unit is configured to exchange the payment information withthe payment terminal by executing a short distance radio communicationprotocol. In this solution, mobile payment is performed using the NFCunit and the payment terminal, for example, a POS machine. Optionally,the NFC unit includes a NFC baseband unit configured to execute theshort distance radio communication protocol. The NFC unit furtherincludes a NFC radio frequency unit configured to receive or send aradio frequency signal, where the radio frequency signal is converted bythe NFC radio frequency unit into a baseband signal that can beprocessed by the NFC baseband unit, and the radio frequency signalincludes the payment information.

With reference to the thirteenth possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, in a fourteenth possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, the NFC unit is located in the first semiconductor chip oris located in a fourth semiconductor chip in the mobile paymentapparatus. When the NFC unit is located in the first semiconductor chip,high integration of the NFC unit, the SE, and the at least one CPU canbe implemented, and an implementation cost can be reduced. When the NFCunit is located in a fourth semiconductor chip, design difficulty causedby the need of integrating the NFC unit can be reduced.

With reference to the first aspect or any one of the first to twelfthpossible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a fifteenthpossible implementation manner of the first aspect, the communicationunit is a mobile communication unit, the communication peer end is aRAN, and the mobile communication unit is configured to exchange thepayment information with the RAN by executing a cellular radiocommunication protocol. This solution helps implement a secure paymentfunction by means of mobile communication. Optionally, the mobilecommunication unit includes a mobile communication baseband unit used inthe cellular radio communication protocol. The mobile communication unitfurther includes a mobile communication radio frequency unit configuredto receive or send a radio frequency signal, where the radio frequencysignal is converted by the mobile communication radio frequency unitinto a baseband signal that can be processed by the mobile communicationbaseband unit and the radio frequency signal includes the paymentinformation.

With reference to the fifteenth possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, in a sixteenth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, the mobile communication unit is located in the firstsemiconductor chip or is located in a fifth semiconductor chip in themobile payment apparatus. When the mobile communication unit is locatedin the first semiconductor chip, high integration can be implemented,and an implementation cost can be reduced. When the mobile communicationunit is located in a fifth semiconductor chip, design difficulty causedby integration can be reduced.

With reference to the first aspect or any one of the first to sixteenthpossible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a seventeenthpossible implementation manner of the first aspect, the SE furtherincludes a cipher engine configured to perform security verification onthe mobile payment software after the processor loads the mobile paymentsoftware from the memory to the first storage module and instruct theprocessor to execute the mobile payment software after the securityverification succeeds, where the security verification includes at leastone of security decryption or hash check. Optionally, the cipher enginemay be a hardware accelerator. Because the cipher engine is independentof the processor in the SE, and is dedicated to implementation of asecurity verification function, the mobile payment software can beexecuted after verification succeeds, which may ensure that the mobilepayment software is not tampered before being executed and may improveprocessing performance when security verification is performed.

With reference to the seventeenth possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, in an eighteenth possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, the cipher engine is further configured to perform atleast one type of processing in security encryption or first hashoperation processing on update data to obtain processed update data. Theprocessor is further configured to write the processed update data tothe memory to update the mobile payment software. When the mobilepayment software is updated, the cipher engine performs processing sothat related software is verified when the updated mobile paymentsoftware is subsequently read again, which may ensure that the mobilepayment software is not tampered with and may ensure security ofsoftware needing to be updated better.

With reference to the first aspect or any one of the first to sixteenthpossible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a nineteenthpossible implementation manner of the first aspect, the processor isfurther configured to perform security verification on the mobilepayment software after the processor loads the mobile payment softwarefrom the memory to the first storage module and execute the mobilepayment software after the security verification succeeds, where thesecurity verification includes at least one of security decryption orfirst hash check. Because the processor already has the securityverification function, the processor does not need an additional unit toimplement the function, which reduces design difficulty.

With reference to the nineteenth possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, in an twentieth possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, the processor is further configured to perform at leastone type of processing in security encryption or first hash operationprocessing on update data, to obtain processed update data, and writethe processed update data to the memory, to update the mobile paymentsoftware. When the mobile payment software needs to be updated, theprocessor may further perform security processing on the softwareneeding to be updated, so that related software is verified when theupdated mobile payment software is subsequently read again, whichimplements integration of more functions in the processor.

With reference to the eighteenth or twentieth possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, in a twenty-first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, the processor is further configured toperform second hash operation processing on the processed update datausing a key to obtain data to be stored when the processor writes theprocessed update data to the memory. The memory is further configured toperform second hash check on the data to be stored, obtain the processedupdate data after the second hash check succeeds and update the mobilepayment software using the processed update data. Because the processorhas the capability described above, data written to the memory may beverified by the memory, which may ensure security of the data written tothe memory.

With reference to the eighteenth or twentieth possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, in a twenty-second possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, the processor is further configured to sendthe processed update data to the at least one CPU when the processorwrites the processed update data to the memory. The at least one CPU isfurther configured to perform second hash operation processing on theprocessed update data in a trusted execution environment using a key toobtain data to be stored and send the data to be stored to the memory,where the trusted execution environment is securely isolated from thegeneral operating system software. The memory is further configured toperform second hash check on the data to be stored, obtain the processedupdate data after the second hash check succeeds, and update the mobilepayment software using the processed update data. In this solution, whenthe update data is written from the processor to the memory, the updatedata is transferred using the trusted execution environment of the atleast one CPU and hash processing is performed on the update data in thetrusted execution environment so that the memory performs correspondinghash check. Because the trusted execution environment is moretrustworthy than the general operating system software, security of thedata written to the memory can be improved.

With reference to the twenty-second possible implementation manner ofthe first aspect, in a twenty-third possible implementation manner ofthe first aspect, the SE further includes a third storage module. Theprocessor is further configured to write the processed update data tothe third storage module and send a first interrupt request to the atleast one CPU. The at least one CPU is further configured to read theprocessed update data from the third storage module in the trustedexecution environment in response to the first interrupt request.

With reference to the first aspect or any one of the first totwenty-third possible implementation manners of the first aspect, in atwenty-fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the atleast one CPU is further configured to execute common applicationsoftware except for the mobile payment software. The at least one CPU isa commonly used general CPU in a mobile terminal and helps extend thesolution on a common mobile terminal.

With reference to the first aspect or any one of the first totwenty-fourth possible implementation manners of the first aspect, in atwenty-fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, thegeneral operating system software executed by the at least one CPU issecurely isolated from the SE. Because the isolation exists, the generaloperating system software cannot randomly access the SE, which canimprove security of mobile payment.

With reference to the first aspect, or any one of the first toseventeenth possible implementation manners, the nineteenth possibleimplementation manner, the twenty-fourth possible implementation manner,and the twenty-fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect,in a twenty-sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect,the processor is further configured to perform second hash operationprocessing on update data or an erase instruction using a key to obtaina processing result. The memory is further configured to perform secondhash check on the processing result, obtain the update data or the eraseinstruction after the second hash check succeeds, and update the mobilepayment software using the update data or erase data that corresponds tothe erase instruction from the memory according to the eraseinstruction. This solution improves security of data erasure in mobilepayment.

With reference to the first aspect or any one of the first toseventeenth possible implementation manners, the nineteenth possibleimplementation manner, the twenty-fourth possible implementation manner,and the twenty-fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect,in a twenty-seventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect,the processor is further configured to send update data or an eraseinstruction to the at least one CPU. The at least one CPU is furtherconfigured to perform second hash operation processing on the updatedata or the erase instruction in a trusted execution environment using akey to obtain a processing result and send the processing result to thememory, where the trusted execution environment is securely isolatedfrom the general operating system software. The memory is furtherconfigured to perform second hash check on the processing result, obtainthe update data or the erase instruction after the second hash checksucceeds, and update the mobile payment software using the update dataor erase data that corresponds to the erase instruction from the memoryaccording to the erase instruction. This solution improves security ofdata erasure in mobile payment, and the CPU implements securityprocessing, which simplifies a design of the processor.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a method for implementing mobile payment using a mobile paymentapparatus, including executing general operating system software andcontrolling at least one of a communication unit or a SE under action ofthe general operating system software using at least one CPU, loadingmobile payment software from a memory to the SE, executing the mobilepayment software in the SE, and exchanging, by the SE, paymentinformation with the communication unit under action of the mobilepayment software, where the communication unit exchanges the paymentinformation with a communication peer end using a radio link, where theSE and the at least one CPU are located in a first semiconductor chip inthe mobile payment apparatus. The SE and the at least one CPU areintegrated using the same semiconductor chip; therefore, costs and anarea for implementation of mobile payment hardware may be reduced.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a semiconductor chip, used in a mobile payment apparatus, wherethe semiconductor chip includes a SE and at least one CPU, where the SEincludes a first storage module and a processor, the first storagemodule is configured to provide memory space for executing mobilepayment software for the processor, and the at least one CPU isconfigured to execute general operating system software. The processoris configured to load the mobile payment software from a memory in themobile payment apparatus to the first storage module, execute the mobilepayment software, and exchange payment information with a communicationunit in the mobile payment apparatus under action of the mobile paymentsoftware. The at least one CPU is further configured to control at leastone of the communication unit, the memory, or the SE under action of thegeneral operating system software.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, the mobile payment software includes mobilepayment operating system software.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the third aspect,the mobile payment software further includes at least one type of mobilepayment application software.

With reference to the first or second possible implementation manner ofthe third aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, the SE further includes a second storage module configured tostore a startup program for initiating the processor. When the SE ispowered on, the processor is configured to read the startup program fromthe second storage module, load the mobile payment operating systemsoftware from the memory to the first storage module under action of thestartup program, and execute the mobile payment operating systemsoftware.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect,the processor is configured to load one or more types of mobile paymentapplication software of the at least one type of mobile paymentapplication software from the memory to the first storage module uponbeing triggered by the payment information exchanged between theprocessor and the communication unit and execute the one or more typesof mobile payment application software.

With reference to the third aspect or any one of the first to fourthpossible implementation manners of the third aspect, in a fifth possibleimplementation manner of the third aspect, the payment informationincludes a mobile payment instruction that is transmitted from thecommunication peer end to the processor via the communication unit andmobile payment data transmitted from the processor to the communicationpeer end via the communication unit in response to the mobile paymentinstruction.

With reference to the fifth possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the third aspect,the mobile payment data includes data resulting from securityprocessing. The security processing includes at least one of dataencryption or data integrity protection.

With reference to the sixth possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the third aspect,the processor is further configured to generate the data resulting fromsecurity processing.

With reference to the sixth possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the third aspect,the processor is further configured to generate original data. The SEfurther includes a security processing module configured to perform thesecurity processing on the original data to generate the data resultingfrom security processing.

With reference to the third aspect or any one of the first to eighthpossible implementation manners of the third aspect, in a ninth possibleimplementation manner of the third aspect, the control performed by theat least one CPU on the at least one of the communication unit, thememory, or the SE includes controlling of turning-on, turning-off, entryinto or exit from a low power state or a working state.

With reference to the third aspect or any one of the first to tenthpossible implementation manners of the third aspect, in an eleventhpossible implementation manner of the third aspect, the SE furtherincludes a cipher engine configured to perform security verification onthe mobile payment software after the processor loads the mobile paymentsoftware from the memory to the first storage module and instruct theprocessor to execute the mobile payment software after the securityverification succeeds, where the security verification includes at leastone of security decryption or hash check.

With reference to the eleventh possible implementation manner of thethird aspect, in a twelfth possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, the cipher engine is further configured to perform at least onetype of processing in security encryption or first hash operationprocessing on update data, to obtain processed update data. Theprocessor is further configured to write the processed update data tothe memory to update the mobile payment software.

With reference to the third aspect or any one of the first to tenthpossible implementation manners of the third aspect, in a thirteenthpossible implementation manner of the third aspect, the processor isfurther configured to perform security verification on the mobilepayment software after the processor loads the mobile payment softwarefrom the memory to the first storage module and execute the mobilepayment software after the security verification succeeds, where thesecurity verification includes at least one of security decryption orfirst hash check.

With reference to the thirteenth possible implementation manner of thethird aspect, in a fourteenth possible implementation manner of thethird aspect, the processor is further configured to perform at leastone type of processing in security encryption or first hash operationprocessing on update data to obtain processed update data and write theprocessed update data to the memory to update the mobile paymentsoftware.

With reference to the twelfth or fourteenth possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, in a fifteenth possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, the processor is further configured toperform second hash operation processing on the processed update datausing a key to obtain data to be stored when the processor writes theprocessed update data to the memory. The memory is further configured toperform second hash check on the data to be stored, obtain the processedupdate data after the second hash check succeeds, and update the mobilepayment software using the processed update data.

With reference to the twelfth or fourteenth possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, in a sixteenth possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, the processor is further configured to sendthe processed update data to the at least one CPU when the processorwrites the processed update data to the memory. The at least one CPU isfurther configured to perform second hash operation processing on theprocessed update data in a trusted execution environment using a key toobtain data to be stored and send the data to be stored to the memory,where the trusted execution environment is securely isolated from thegeneral operating system software. The memory is further configured toperform second hash check on the data to be stored, obtain the processedupdate data after the second hash check succeeds, and update the mobilepayment software using the processed update data.

With reference to the sixteenth possible implementation manner of thethird aspect, in a seventeenth possible implementation manner of thethird aspect, the SE further includes a third storage module. Theprocessor is further configured to write the processed update data tothe third storage module, and send a first interrupt request to the atleast one CPU. The at least one CPU is further configured to read theprocessed update data from the third storage module in the trustedexecution environment in response to the first interrupt request.

With reference to the third aspect or any one of the first toseventeenth possible implementation manners of the third aspect, in aneighteenth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the atleast one CPU is further configured to execute common applicationsoftware except for the mobile payment software.

With reference to the third aspect or any one of the first to eighteenthpossible implementation manners of the third aspect, in a nineteenthpossible implementation manner of the third aspect, the generaloperating system software executed by the at least one CPU is securelyisolated from the SE.

With reference to the third aspect, or any one of the first to eleventhpossible implementation manners, the thirteenth possible implementationmanner, the eighteenth possible implementation manner, and thenineteenth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in atwentieth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, theprocessor is further configured to perform second hash operationprocessing on update data or an erase instruction using a key to obtaina processing result. The memory is further configured to perform secondhash check on the processing result, obtain the update data or the eraseinstruction after the second hash check succeeds, and update the mobilepayment software using the update data or erase data that corresponds tothe erase instruction from the memory according to the eraseinstruction.

With reference to the third aspect or any one of the first to eleventhpossible implementation manners, the thirteenth possible implementationmanner, the eighteenth possible implementation manner, and thenineteenth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in atwenty-first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, theprocessor is further configured to send update data or an eraseinstruction to the at least one CPU. The at least one CPU is furtherconfigured to perform second hash operation processing on the updatedata or the erase instruction in a trusted execution environment using akey to obtain a processing result and send the processing result to thememory, where the trusted execution environment is securely isolatedfrom the general operating system software. The memory is furtherconfigured to perform second hash check on the processing result, obtainthe update data or the erase instruction after the second hash checksucceeds, and update the mobile payment software using the update dataor erase data that corresponds to the erase instruction from the memoryaccording to the erase instruction.

In the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure, when security of mobile payment is ensured, costs and anarea for implementation of hardware can be reduced, a requirement forminiaturization of a mobile terminal in mobile payment is better met,and mobile payment is conveniently popularized and expanded.

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To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure more clearly, the following briefly describes theaccompanying drawings for describing the embodiments. The accompanyingdrawings in the following description show merely some embodiments ofthe present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art maystill derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings withoutcreative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a simplified schematic diagram of a structure of a mobileterminal used in mobile payment;

FIG. 2 is a simplified schematic diagram of a structure of a mobilepayment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a simplified schematic diagram of a mobile payment procedureaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a simplified schematic diagram of performing a secure accessoperation on a secure storage region of a memory by mobile paymentsoftware according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is another simplified schematic diagram of performing a secureaccess operation on a secure storage region of a memory by mobilepayment software according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a simplified schematic diagram of a structure of a system usedfor mobile payment in a mobile payment apparatus according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a simplified schematic structural diagram of a memory used formobile payment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 8 is a simplified schematic diagram of an architecture of asoftware system used for mobile payment according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

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The following clearly describes the technical solutions in theembodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanyingdrawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The describedembodiments are merely some but not all of the embodiments of thepresent disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by a person ofordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the presentdisclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protectionscope of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a mobile payment apparatus 20 accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure. The mobile payment apparatus20 may be located in a mobile terminal 21. The mobile terminal 21 may beuser equipment (UE), for example, various types of portable terminaldevices such as a mobile phone and a tablet computer. The mobile paymentapparatus 20 may be a chip, a chip set, or a circuit board carrying achip or a chip set. The chip, the chip set, or the circuit boardcarrying a chip or a chip set may work when being driven by necessarysoftware. The mobile payment apparatus 20 may include a NFC unit 201,where the NFC unit 201 exchanges, by executing a short distance radiocommunication protocol, payment information with a payment terminal, forexample, a POS machine, that is located outside the mobile terminal 21and that is configured to connect to the Internet to implement a mobilepayment function, to implement offline payment. The mobile paymentapparatus 20 may also include a mobile communication unit 202, where themobile communication unit 202 exchanges payment information with a RAN,for example, a base station in the RAN, by executing a cellular radiocommunication protocol so as to connect to the Internet through the RANincluding the base station so that the mobile communication unit 202exchanges payment information with a server, which has a paymentfunction, in the Internet to implement online payment. It may beunderstood that the mobile payment apparatus 20 may include either theNFC unit 201 or the mobile communication unit 202, for example, eitheroffline payment or online payment may be implemented. A radio frequencyidentification (RFID) technology that may be used in the short distanceradio communication protocol executed by the NFC unit 201 may supportvarious types of RFID protocols such as a European ComputerManufacturers Association (ECMA) standard protocol. In addition, theradio frequency identification technology may also support other typesof short distance communication protocols such as a BLUETOOTHcommunication protocol, an infrared communication protocol, and aWireless Fidelity (WiFi) protocol. The cellular radio communicationprotocol executed by the mobile communication unit 202 may be any one ormore of cellular radio communication protocols such as GSM, UMTS, WiMAX,or LTE, so that communication with a RAN in a cellular mobilecommunication network is implemented using the mobile communication unit202. It may be understood that the base station in the RAN is a networkelement which implements the communication function in the RAN and thebase station may have multiple forms, such as a NodeB or an eNodeB. TheRAN including the base station is connected to a server in the network,for example, a server on a cloud side, so that the server exchangespayment information with the mobile payment apparatus 20. The NFC unit201 or the mobile communication unit 202 may include a baseband unitexecuting a communication protocol. Optionally, the NFC unit 201 or themobile communication unit 202 may further include a radio frequencyunit. The radio frequency unit may be configured to receive a radiofrequency signal and convert the radio frequency signal into a basebandsignal for processing by the baseband unit. The payment information isincluded in the radio frequency signal and, therefore, is acquired bythe NFC unit 201 or the mobile communication unit 202.

The mobile payment apparatus 20 in FIG. 2 further includes a memory 203that may be configured to store mobile payment software, a SE 204, andat least one CPU 205. The at least one CPU 205 is configured to executegeneral operating system software such as a general operating systemlike an ANDROID operating system, a WINDOWS operating system, or an iOSoperating system. These operating systems may be used to supportnon-mobile-payment normal application software. A larger quantity ofCPUs 205 indicates a stronger capability to process data. The generaloperating system software is a general software platform on whichvarious application software is executed. The CPU 205 may be implementedbased on an ARM architecture, an INTEL X86 architecture, or a millioninstructions per second (MIPS) architecture, which is not limited inthis embodiment. The at least one CPU 205 controls the NFC unit 201, themobile communication unit 202, the memory 203, and the SE 204 underaction of the general operating system software. A control process mayinclude controlling of turning-on, turning-off, entry into or exit froma low power state. Therefore, the CPU 205 executing a general operatingsystem may implement uniform control on other parts in the mobilepayment apparatus 20 so that these parts are normally powered on orpowered off or enter or exit a low power state, for example, enter orexit a sleep state. Power consumption of any component, in a low powerstate, in the communication unit, the memory, or the SE is lower thanpower consumption when the component is not in the low power state. Inaddition, the control process of any component may further includeanother control operation, for example, controlling a working state.Controlling a working state may be adjusting a working voltage, a clockrate, a processing speed, or the like when the component works, which isnot limited in this embodiment. For one control process, reference maybe made to a control operation by a general CPU on another component.

Referring to a system structure in FIG. 6, the system structure furtherdescribes some components in detail based on FIG. 2. The SE 204 mayinclude a first storage module 2041 and a processor 2042. For exemplarycontent included in memory 203 in FIG. 6, reference may be made to FIG.7, and mobile payment software 2030 may be stored in the memory 203.With reference to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the processor 2042 is configured toload the mobile payment software 2030 from the memory 203 to the firststorage module 2041, execute the mobile payment software 2030, andexchange payment information with at least one of the NFC unit 201 orthe mobile communication unit 202 under action of the mobile paymentsoftware 2030. The first storage module 2041 provides memory space forexecuting the mobile payment software 2030 for the processor 2042. Thefirst storage module 2041 may be a random access memory (RAM). Thememory 203 may be a read-only memory (ROM). As shown in FIG. 7, themobile payment software 2030 stored in the memory 203 may include mobilepayment operating system software 2031, where the mobile paymentoperating system software 2031 is different from common operating systemsoftware and is an operating system platform used to execute mobilepayment application software 2032. Therefore, the mobile payment is morereliable.

In an optional implementation manner, the mobile payment operatingsystem software 2031 may be a COS. The COS is also referred to as a COSmirror, and may be equivalent to operating system software in a residentsmart card or a financial integrated circuit (IC) card. In this case,the SE 204 equivalently has a function of the resident smart card or thefinancial card and is configured to provide an external POS machine, acard reader, or a financial server on a cloud side with data required bya mobile payment service such as card reading, where the data is, forexample, data related to a bank financial service or data of a personalaccount of a user, such as a personal account number, a password, andvarious verification information for verifying a personal account by abank server. In addition, the COS mirror is also an operation platformthat receives and processes external payment information, for example,various payment information sent by a financial server, a card reader,or a POS machine to the SE 204. The COS mirror may be configured toexecute various instructions that are from outside, where theinstructions are, for example, an operation like an authenticationoperation, manage space of the first storage module 2041 in the SE 204,return response information to the outside, and the like. The SE 204 mayuse a COS that may be based on the computer programming language JAVA asa security system. Not only the COS can be preset in the SE 204, butalso the mobile payment apparatus 20 can further dynamically downloadand install various mobile payment application software 2032 such asvarious financial application software based on the COS. A specificdesign of the COS is content pertaining to the prior art, and is not inthe discussion scope of this application.

In FIG. 7, in addition to the mobile payment operating system software2031, the mobile payment software 2030 further includes multiple typesof mobile payment application software 2032. One type of mobile paymentapplication software 2032 is used for one category of mobile paymentfunctions. For example, each type of mobile payment application software2032 may be application software related to a bank and is used toimplement a software function related to the bank, where the softwarefunction includes, for example, an account, a password, andauthentication and verification related information that are related tothe bank, and a function related to a special service of the bank. Amobile payment application is not limited to only a bank service andalso includes, but is not limited to, a debit card service, a creditcard service, or another type of mobile payment, for example, a paymentservice of a social security card, a transportation card, or an internalIC card of a unit, which is not limited in this embodiment.

In FIG. 2 or FIG. 6, the SE 204 and the at least one CPU 205 are locatedin a first semiconductor chip IC1 in the mobile payment apparatus 20,and the IC1 is also referred to as a central chip of the mobile paymentapparatus 20. The SE 204 and the at least one CPU 205 are integratedusing the same semiconductor central chip IC1, which reduces costs andan area for implementation of mobile payment hardware. Different fromthe prior art in which a hardware function unit related to securepayment and the central chip are respectively made into two independentchips, the central chip IC1 having a higher integration capability maybe capable of being arranged on a main board of the mobile paymentapparatus 20 more simply. Optionally, as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 6, theNFC unit 201 may be located in a fourth semiconductor chip IC4 in themobile payment apparatus 20. It may be understood that, in addition toimplementing the NFC unit 201 using the fourth semiconductor chip IC4shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 6, the NFC unit 201 may also be located in thefirst semiconductor chip IC1 (not shown in the figure), so as to furtherimplement the integration of the central chip IC1 and reduceimplementation costs. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 6, the mobilecommunication unit 202 may be located in the first semiconductor chipIC1, or as shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication unit 202 isindependently located in a fifth semiconductor chip IC5 in the mobilepayment apparatus 20. Whether the NFC unit 201 or the mobilecommunication unit 202 is integrated into the central chip IC1 dependson a specific design by a person skilled in the art.

In the various embodiments of the present disclosure, a semiconductorchip is also briefly referred to as a chip and may be a set ofintegrated circuits that are made on an integrated circuit substrate(which is generally a semiconductor material such as silicon) using anintegrated circuit technology. An external layer of the semiconductorchip is generally packaged using a semiconductor packaging material. Theintegrated circuit may include a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS)transistor, a bipolar transistor, a diode, or the like. Thesemiconductor chip may independently work or may work under action ofnecessary driver software, to implement functions, such ascommunication, computation, or storage.

For distribution of parts in the mobile payment apparatus 20 ondifferent chips, still refer to FIG. 2. When the NFC unit 201 and themobile communication unit 202 are disposed on another chip than thecentral chip IC1, the memory 203 may be located in a secondsemiconductor chip IC2 in the mobile payment apparatus 20.Alternatively, the memory 203 may be integrated into the central chipIC1 (not shown in the figure) together with the NFC unit 201 or themobile communication unit 202. In this case, the memory 203 and the SE204 may be considered as a system implementing secure payment. However,generally, similar to the solution in FIG. 2 or FIG. 6, the secondsemiconductor chip IC2 independent of the central chip IC1 is used moreoften in the art to implement the memory 203, because the memory 203generally exists in a form of a flash memory if the memory 203 isintegrated into the central chip IC1, but a flash memory generally hasvery limited memory space, and if large memory space needs to beimplemented, a great cost increase and complex implementation willresult. If the flash memory 203 is implemented using the independentsecond semiconductor chip IC2, the implementation cost will be reducedto some extent with a simpler design, and a requirement of a largestorage capacity can be better satisfied. Especially, for reasons suchas processing technique and area, it may be difficult to integrate acurrent memory with the central chip IC1. Therefore, only the SE 204 maybe integrated with the at least one CPU 205, in which case a memory 203independent of the central chip may be used, which is more suitable foran existing mobile payment solution.

When a memory similar to the off-chip memory 203 in FIG. 2 or FIG. 6 isused, the memory 203 may be further used for both the mobile paymentsoftware 2030 and other software. In this implementation manner, thememory 203 includes a secure storage region 203A and a common storageregion 203B that are isolated from each other. For details, refer toFIG. 7. The secure storage region 203A is used to store the mobilepayment software 2030, and the common storage region 203B is used tostore the general operating system software that is mentioned above. Theat least one CPU 205 is configured to read the general operating systemsoftware from the common storage region 203B in the memory 203 andexecute the general operating system software and the processor 2042 isconfigured to load the mobile payment software 2030 from the securestorage region 203A to the first storage module 2041. The isolationindicates that the general operating system software and the mobilepayment software 2030 are not mixed, but coexist in the same memory 203,and are accessed by their respective execution entities, which savesmemory resources on the premise of ensuring security. In this case, thememory 203 may be an embedded multimedia card (eMMC), and the securestorage region 203A may be a replay protected memory block (RPMB) of theeMMC memory 203. The memory 203 may also be another storage device,which is not limited in this embodiment.

In another optional implementation manner, the memory 203 may bededicated to storage of the mobile payment software 2030. For example,in this case, the memory 203 does not store any other software that isnot related to mobile payment, for example, the general operating systemsoftware. In this case, the mobile payment apparatus 20 further includesa common storage unit 206. As shown in FIG. 2, the common storage unit206 is located in a third semiconductor chip IC3 in the mobile paymentapparatus 20 and the common storage unit 206 is configured to store thegeneral operating system software. The at least one CPU 205 isconfigured to read the general operating system software from the commonstorage unit 206 and execute the general operating system software. Inthis case, the dedicated memory 203 is physically isolated from thecommon storage unit 206 so that operational security is furtherimproved. The common storage unit 206 may be the eMMC described above.The dedicated memory 203 may be a flash memory independent of thecentral chip IC1. However, specific storage types of the common storageunit 206 and the dedicated memory 203 are not limited in thisembodiment.

Referring to FIG. 6, in an optional implementation manner, the SE 204further includes a second storage module 2043 configured to store astartup program for initiating the processor 2042, for example, bootcode for startup. When the SE 204 is powered on, the processor isconfigured to read the startup program from the second storage module2043, load the mobile payment operating system software 2031, forexample, a COS mirror, from the memory 203 to the first storage module2041 under action of the startup program, and execute the mobile paymentoperating system software 2031. Because a startup program for initiatingthe SE 204 is located in the second storage module 2043 in the SE 204,the second storage module 2043 is dedicated to startup of the SE 204 andis not freely accessed by any software executing program or any hardwareexcept for the SE 204, which ensures security.

In an optional implementation manner, when the processor 2042 exchangesthe payment information with the NFC unit 201 or the mobilecommunication unit 202, the processor 2042 may be triggered by thepayment information to load one or more types of mobile paymentapplication software 2032 of the at least one type of mobile paymentapplication software 2032 from the memory 203 to the first storagemodule 2041 and execute the one or more types of mobile paymentapplication software 2032. Because the loading and executing of themobile payment application software 2032 is triggered by the exchangedpayment information, when there is no payment service, related mobilepayment application software 2032 may be not started, which can savememory space of the first storage module 2041. For example, the mobilepayment application software 2032 is loaded in a dynamic loading manner,for example, only selected application software is loaded from theexternal memory 203 to the corresponding first storage module 2041, forexample, a RAM. Another type of application software that does not needto be used is not loaded to the RAM, ensuring that occupied space in theRAM is used to accommodate only the COS mirror and program files of oneto two types of application software, which does not make the RAMover-occupied.

The solution in which the processor 2042 exchanges the paymentinformation with the communication peer end (such as a payment terminalor a RAN) using the communication unit (such as the NFC unit 201 or themobile communication unit 202) is content pertaining to a mobile paymentprotocol. There are already multiple solutions for this in the priorart, and a procedure of the solution may be similar to a credit cardreading process. Each different service provider such as a bank or apublic transportation authority may have its own mobile paymenthandshake communication protocol, which is used to implement a paymenthandshake, for example, transfer of personal confidential informationand sending of security data, between the processor 2042 in the SE 204and the communication peer end via the communication unit.

For ease of description, this embodiment provides a flowchart of mobilepayment shown in FIG. 3. In a related procedure, various informationthat is related to mobile payment and that is transferred between themobile payment apparatus 20 and a payment terminal using a radio link(including a cellular radio communication link or a short distance radiocommunication link) may all be considered as the payment information.Simplified steps of the payment procedure may include the following.

S31: The CPU 205 executes the general operating system software, andcontrols the communication unit and the SE 204 under action of thegeneral operating system software, where the control may be controllingof turning-on, turning-off, entry into or exit from a low power state.

S32: The SE 204 loads the mobile payment software 2030 from the memory203 and executes the mobile payment software 2030.

S33: The communication unit receives a mobile payment instruction fromthe communication peer end via a radio communication link, where theinstruction may be a request message for requesting the mobile paymentapparatus 20 to perform mobile payment, and the message may be includedin air interface signaling. For specific implementation and a signalingstructure of the air interface signaling, reference may be made tocontent of an existing radio communication protocol. In addition tobeing used to initiate a payment service, the mobile payment instructionmay further include a verification and authentication request. Forspecific content of the mobile payment instruction, reference may bemade to the prior art in the field of mobile payment, and the specificcontent of the mobile payment instruction is not discussed in thisapplication.

S34: The communication unit parses the air interface signaling byexecuting radio communication protocol software to obtain the mobilepayment instruction and transmits the mobile payment instruction to theprocessor 2042 in the SE 204.

S35: When being driven by the mobile payment software 2030, theprocessor 2042 sends mobile payment data to the communication unit inresponse to the mobile payment instruction. The mobile payment data mayinclude data for proving an identity of a user, and the data is, forexample, a bank card number, an account number, personal confidentialinformation, or cipher texts needed in various bank transactions, and issimilar to credit card information for credit card payment and used forreading by the communication peer end.

S36: The communication unit executes the radio communication protocol toencapsulate the mobile payment data into air interface signaling, andtransmits the air interface signaling to the communication peer end.

S37: The communication peer end transmits the mobile payment data to aserver and the server processes the mobile payment data to complete apayment service.

Optionally, when offline payment is performed, the communication peerend is a payment terminal, for example, a POS machine, and the paymentterminal transmits the mobile payment data to a server on a cloud sidethrough the Internet. Alternatively, when online payment is performed,the mobile communication unit 202 is used as a communication unit totransfer the mobile payment data to the server through the RAN. For aspecific operation of the server, reference may be made to an existingpayment solution, for example, an existing online bank payment service.The specific operation of the server is not described in thisdisclosure. After completing a transaction, the server may returntransaction success information to a POS machine with which offlinepayment is performed and the transaction success information isdisplayed on the POS machine. When online payment is performed, theserver directly returns transaction success information to the mobilecommunication unit 202 of the mobile payment apparatus 20 so that theinformation can be displayed on the mobile payment apparatus 20.Optionally, when the transaction fails, the server may return paymentfailure information in place of the transaction success information,which is not limited in this embodiment. The payment informationincludes a bidirectional communication process and is used to implementmobile payment handshake communication between a cloud server on anetwork side and the mobile payment apparatus 20. A handshake process ofbidirectional communication of the payment information varies withdifferent service providers and different mobile payment applicationsoftware 2032 executed by the processor 2042 and generally depends ondifferent service providers.

As shown in FIG. 6, for offline payment, when the processor 2042exchanges the payment information with the NFC unit 201, the processor2042 may exchange the payment information with the NFC unit 201 (locatedin the IC4) outside the central chip IC1 using a communication interface2044 included in the SE 204. The communication interface 2044 may complywith a Single Wire Protocol (SWP). The communication interface 2044 mayalso implement transmission of data or information using anotherinterface protocol. If the NFC unit 201 is also integrated into thecentral chip IC1, the processor 2042 may exchange information with theNFC unit 201 using an on-chip connection wire, for example, an on-chipbus 207 in FIG. 6. Because the communication interface 2044 is astandard SWP interface, the communication interface 2044 may beimplemented using the standard SWP protocol. How the NFC unit 201transmits, based on the SWP protocol, data that is acquired from the POSmachine to the SE 204 is an existing mature solution and is notdiscussed in this application. In addition, the NFC unit 201 and the atleast one CPU 205 may be connected using an inter-integrated circuit(I2C) interface to transfer other data. Another interface may alsoimplement a similar purpose and should not be excluded from theimplementation solution. The NFC unit 201 may internally store a routingtable, and the NFC unit 201 may identify to which type the communicationinitiated by the communication peer end belongs. If the initiatedservice is a payment service, the NFC unit 201 forwards related data ofthe related payment service to the SE 204 using the SWP interface byquerying the routing table so that the processor 2042 in the SE 204performs processing. If the initiated service is a non-payment service,the NFC unit 201 forwards data of the related non-payment service to theat least one CPU 205 using the I2C interface by querying the routingtable. For example, if the initiated service is for counting workinghours by contacting a staff card with a card reader in an enterprise,the NFC unit 201 may send data to the at least one CPU 205 using the I2Cinterface and the data is used to perform card reading analogapplication in a general operating system, for example, an ANDROIDenvironment.

For online payment, assuming that the implementation manner in which themobile communication unit 202 is integrated into the central chip IC1 isused, referring to FIG. 6, the processor 2042 may also exchange thepayment information with the mobile communication unit 202 using anon-chip bus 207. The on-chip bus 207 may be further connected to the CPU205 and a storage interface 208. The storage interface 208 is used bythe central chip IC1 to exchange data with the memory 203 in the secondchip IC2.

In an optional implementation manner, the mobile payment data providedby the processor 2042 to the communication peer end may be a result ofsecurity processing, and the security processing may include at leastone of data encryption or data integrity protection. The processor 2042may further generate the data resulting from security processing whenbeing driven by the mobile payment software 2030, for example, theprocessor may be driven by software to perform security processing toensure that the processed mobile payment data is transmitted to theserver. The server may correspondingly perform decryption and computingintegrity protection on the mobile payment data, to verify whether themobile payment data is tampered with. If the mobile payment data istampered with, the server may return the payment failure informationmentioned above so as to ensure security of the mobile paymentprocedure. Alternatively, the processor 2042 may generate only originaldata, where the original data is mobile payment data that has not gonethrough security processing. An independent security processing module2045 in the SE 204 performs security processing on the original data togenerate the data resulting from security processing. The securityprocessing module 2045 may be independent of the processor 2042 inhardware form and may be a hardware accelerator including a circuitstructure, where the hardware accelerator is configured to acceleratethe security processing so that implementation of the processing isfurther optimized.

When the data exchanged with the communication peer end needs to gothrough security processing, the processor 2042 reads the mobile paymentsoftware 2030 from the memory 203 and security protection may beprovided for reading and writing of the mobile payment software 2030 toimplement better security. For example, the SE 204 further includes acipher engine 2046 configured to perform security verification on themobile payment software 2030 after the processor 2042 loads the mobilepayment software 2030 from the memory 203 to the first storage module2041 and instruct the processor 2042 to execute the mobile paymentsoftware 2030 after the security verification succeeds, where thesecurity verification includes at least one of security decryption orfirst hash check. Optionally, the cipher engine may be a hardwareaccelerator including a circuit structure. Because the cipher engine2046 in a form of hardware is independent of the processor 2042 and isdedicated to implementation of a security verification function, it maybe ensured that the mobile payment software 2030 is executed only afterthe verification succeeds which prevents the mobile payment operatingsystem software 2031 or the mobile payment application software 2032 inthe mobile payment software 2030 from being tampered with and helpsimprove processing performance when security verification is performed.

In addition to reading the mobile payment software 2030 to verify themobile payment software 2030, the cipher engine 2046 may be furtherconfigured to perform at least one type of processing in securityencryption or first hash operation processing on update data. Theprocessor 2042 is further configured to write the processed update datato the memory 203, to update the mobile payment software 2030. Forexample, the data update may be update of a COS mirror or update of anyone type of mobile payment application software 2032. Content of theupdate data may include a file for updating the COS mirror or the mobilepayment application software 2032 and may include an update ofinformation used to perform data encryption or data integrity protectionon the mobile payment data, for example, update of a key, or may includea record file of mobile payment such as modification of personalinformation and a transaction log. The content of the update data is notlimited in this embodiment.

Alternatively, the functions of the cipher engine 2046 may also bereplaced with the processor 2042. In this case, an independent hardwarecipher engine 2046 does not need to perform security processing on themobile payment software 2030 that is read from the memory 203 or that iswritten to the memory 203 and the processor 2042 integrates the securityfunctions. Further, when writing the processed update data to thememory, the processor 2042 may further perform second hash operationprocessing on the processed update data using a key Krpmb, to obtaindata to be stored. The second hash operation processing may be similarto a process of the first hash operation processing mentioned above andthe keys used when the two types of hash processing are performed aregenerally different. For example, the update data may be encrypted inthe second hash operation processing using the key Krpmb to obtain adigest value, the digest value and the update data are combined togenerate the data to be stored, and the digest value may also be amessage authentication code (MAC) signature. The memory 203 is furtherconfigured to perform second hash check on the data to be stored, wherethe second hash check is a process corresponding to the second hashoperation processing and is used to check whether the data to be storedthat has gone through the second hash operation processing is tamperedwith. For details, reference may be made to the prior art for checkingthe MAC signature. After the second hash check succeeds, the memory 203obtains the processed update data and updates the mobile paymentsoftware 2030 using the processed update data.

An example in which the memory 203 is an eMMC is used. Referring to FIG.7, the secure storage region 203A of the memory 203 is used to store themobile payment software 2030. When the processor 2042 performs a writeoperation, an erase operation, or the like on the secure storage region203A, a signature of a verification command is needed, where theverification command is a key Krpmb. The eMMC memory 203 checks,according to a preset key Krpmb, whether a write command data packetsent by the processor 2042 is correct, and each write command datapacket may include some data packets of all update data. The hash checkprocessing algorithm performed using the key Krpmb may be a hash-basedmessage authentication code secure hash algorithm (HMAC SHA) 256algorithm. In an optional implementation manner, when the eMMC memory203 is produced, a unique key Krpmb of each eMMC memory 203 isprogrammed into the eMMC memory 203. The key Krpmb may also beprogrammed into the SE 204 or recorded in the SE 204. The key Krpmb maybe programmed into the processor 2042 of the SE 204 using an electronicfuse (eFuse) technology or may be programmed into another hardwarecircuit instead of the processor 2042 and the SE 204 manages and usesthe key Krpmb.

In addition to management and use of the key Krpmb by the SE 204, inanother optional implementation manner, management and use of the keyKrpmb in a trust zone (TZ) of the CPU 205 is a more commonimplementation manner. The TZ is a trusted execution environment (TEE).An environment formed by executing a type of software, for example, asoftware system, can exchange data with another external software orhardware system. As shown in FIG. 8, the TEE executed by the CPU 205 issecurely isolated from the general operating system software (forexample, an ANDROID system environment) that is also executed by the CPU205. The TEE and the general operating system software are respectivelytwo independent software systems. Although the TEE and the generaloperating system software are executed by the same CPU 205, securityisolation between the TEE and the general operating system software maybe desirable, and the general operating system software and a executingprogram of general application software that is based on the operatingsystem cannot access the TEE freely. The TEE may transmit data with anenvironment, for example, the SE 204, formed by executing the mobilepayment software 2030 by the processor 2042. Therefore, the generaloperating system software is securely isolated from both the TEE and theSE 204 so that the general operating system software or the executingprogram of the common application software that is based on the softwaredoes not freely access the TEE and the SE 204. Even if the access needsto be performed using a security interface of specific software orhardware, there is less security isolation between the TEE and the SE204, and operations are relatively convenient. The common applicationsoftware may include various software related to non-secure payment, forexample, instant messaging software, games, office software, ebooksoftware, or audio and video streaming players.

In an optional implementation manner, management of the key Krpmb may beimplemented in a TEE. The key Krpmb may be programmed into a relatedhardware circuit of the CPU 205. In this way, various non-securitysoftware of the general operating system software (for example, anANDROID system) of the CPU 205 does not know the Krpmb. Therefore, awrite operation cannot be performed on the secure storage region 203A ofthe eMMC memory 203. For another common storage region 203B in the eMMCmemory 203, the general operating system software of the CPU 205 andexecuting programs of various common application software can all beaccessed. Because the general operating system software is securelyisolated from the SE 204, the general operating system software cannotfreely access the SE, which can improve security of mobile payment.

Optionally, the TEE may provide a visual UI of bank payment or anotherfinancial service so that a user inputs an instruction using the UI andthe instruction is transmitted to the SE 204 using the TEE whichimplements that the user completes exchange of information with the SE204 using the UI. The UI is a trusted UI and different from a common UIprovided by the general operating system software. The UI may enable amobile payment password input by the user to be transmitted to the SE204 using a relatively secure TEE and then the information including themobile payment password undergoes data encryption and is transmitted toa server on a network side using the NFC unit 201 or the mobilecommunication unit 202.

In one implementation manner, an example in which the memory 203 is intype an eMMC is used. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a softwarearchitecture of performing an access operation on the secure storageregion 203A of the eMMC memory 203 according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. The access may include reading data from the securestorage region 203A or writing data to the secure storage region 203A(updating or upgrading security data), where a unit of the reading orwriting may be a fixed length unit. The software architecture includesthe mobile payment software 2030 and is executed by the SE 204. Themobile payment software 2030 provides a similar function related to acard reading operation of a resident smart card or an IC card and mayinclude the mobile payment operating system software 2031 and the mobilepayment application software 2032 that are mentioned above.

In FIG. 4, for a write process of the eMMC memory 203, in a secureenvironment provided by executing the mobile payment software 2030 bythe processor 2042, data 410 is data to be updated or upgraded, hashcalculation processing is performed on the data 410 to obtain processeddata 411, and the data 411 includes the data 410 that is used asplaintext data and a hash value 410A (which may also be referred to as adigest of the data 410) of the plaintext data 410. Then, securityencryption is performed on the data 411 in the secure environment. A keyKse may be used to encrypt the data 411 to obtain ciphertext data 412.The key Kse may be one or more groups of keys and an encryptionalgorithm for security encryption may be any symmetric encryptionalgorithm or asymmetrical encryption algorithm. For example, anavailable encryption algorithm may be an advanced encryption algorithm(AES), which is not limited in this embodiment. Then, the SE 204 maytransmit the ciphertext data 412 and a write address to the CPU 205using a system bus 207 shown in FIG. 6, for example, the ciphertext data412 and the write address of the ciphertext data 412 are transferredfrom an environment of the mobile payment software 2030 to the TEE 2051generated by the CPU 205. Performing, by the CPU 205, second hashoperation processing on the ciphertext data 412 and the write address ofthe ciphertext data 412 in the generated TEE 2051 may be encrypting theciphertext data 412 or a part of the ciphertext data 412 using the keyKrpmb, to obtain a digest value resulting from hash processing, forexample, a MAC signature. The encryption algorithm may be a hashalgorithm, for example, an HMAC SHA 256 algorithm, described in theforegoing embodiment. The second hash operation processing may also beanother processing algorithm meeting a data security requirement of thesecure storage region 203A of the eMMC memory 203. In the TEE 2051, theciphertext data 412 and the write address, as data, may be divided intomultiple parts and all parts are processed in parallel. As shown in FIG.4, the TEE 2051 includes multiple queues L1, . . . , and LN, where foreach queue, for example, a queue L1 includes some packets L11 and acheck part L12, and the check part L12 is a digest value resulting fromsecond hash operation processing on the packet L11 using the key Krpmb.Then, each queue is transferred from the TEE 2051 to the generaloperating system software 2052, and generally, is transferred to akernel of the general operating system software 2052. The transferprocess is generally transparent transmission, for example, the generaloperating system software 2052 does not modify data content. In anenvironment of the general operating system software 2052, each of queueL1, . . . , and LN is converted into RPMB data D that can be read by theeMMC memory 203, and D may also be divided into multiple segments orqueues, for example, D1, . . . , and DN, and is transmitted to the eMMCmemory 203 using the storage interface 208 shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 6. Inthe environment of the general operating system software 2052, eMMCprotocol command processing is performed on the queue L1 to obtain thedata D1, . . . , and DN complying with a standard of the storageinterface 208, but the original data content is not processed orreconstructed. As described above, the eMMC memory 203 has the keyKrpmb, obtains the queue L1 based on the data D1, and performs MACsignature check on the check part L12 in the queue L1 using the keyKrpmb. The key Krpmb is used to encrypt the packet L11 in the queue L1to obtain a digest value, and the digest value is compared with thecheck part L12, to obtain a check result. If the check succeeds, theciphertext data 412 or a part thereof and a corresponding write addressare obtained based on the multiple packets L11, and the ciphertext data412 or the part thereof is written to the secure storage region 203A,for example, an RPMB, of the eMMC memory 203 according to the writeaddress.

Referring to FIG. 4, a read process of the eMMC memory 203 is aprocedure reverse to the previous write process, and is not described indetail in this embodiment. The data queue that is sent by the eMMCmemory 203 to the general operating system software 2052 and that istransferred by the general operating system software 2052 to the TEE2051 is encrypted using the key Krpmb, and the data queue includes thepacket L11 of data content and the check part L12 generated by means ofencryption. In the TEE 2051, the CPU 205 encrypts using the key Krpmb,the packet L11 in the temporarily stored queue L1 to obtain the digestvalue and the digest value is compared with the check part L12 to checkwhether the data is tampered with. The SE 204 may be the cipher engine2046 or the processor 2042 described above, and in the environmentprovided by the mobile payment software 2030, the ciphertext data 412 isobtained using the system bus 207 or another interface and securitydecryption is performed using the key Kse to obtain the data 410 and thehash value 410A of the data 410. The SE 204 further performs hash checkon the hash value 410A and after the check succeeds, confirms thatrelated data is not tampered with so that reading is performedsuccessfully. If either of the hash check and security decryption doesnot succeed, it may be concluded that the related data is tampered with,and data fetched this time is untrustworthy. Therefore, the processor2042 in the SE 204 may determine to discard the data. Optionally, whenthe data is untrustworthy, the processor 2042 may report an error orgive an alarm to the CPU 205, which is not limited in this embodiment.For the operation of the eMMC memory 203, the read process and the writeprocess of both the mobile payment operating system software 2031 suchas a COS mirror and the mobile payment application software 2032 may besimilar to those in FIG. 4.

In the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 4, an example in which data iswritten to the memory 203 is used. When the processor 2042 needs toerase data in the memory 203, the processor 2042 may also generate anerase instruction, where the instruction carries an address of dataneeding to be erased. The instruction is transmitted by the processor2042 to the CPU 205, for example, transmitted by the mobile paymentsoftware 2030 to the TEE 2051. Encryption (hash processing) may beperformed on the instruction by the CPU 205 in the TEE 2051 using thekey Krpmb to obtain a digest value, and the digest value and theinstruction are both transferred by the general operating systemsoftware 2052 to the memory 203. In this case, the memory 203 uses acheck method similar to that above, for example, encryption (hashprocessing) is performed on the instruction using the same Krpmb, and anobtained result is compared with the digest value, to determine whethercheck performed on the instruction succeeds. When the check succeeds,the memory 203 may erase corresponding data according to an address inthe instruction. Alternatively, in the erase operation, the key Krpmbencryption (hash processing) may also be processed by the processor 2042in the SE 204 and not be performed by the CPU 205 in the TEE 2051.Because hash processing needs to be performed in the process of theerase operation, and other non-security software based on the generaloperating system software 2052 cannot know the key Krpmb, data in thememory 203 cannot be freely erased which improves security. Erased datamay be some data of the mobile payment software 2030 stored in thememory 203. For example, the memory 203 may erase some data of themobile payment operating system software or all or some data of themobile payment application software 2032 in response to the instructionaccording to the address in the instruction.

It should be noted that the foregoing solution may be used in a case inwhich the eMMC memory 203 is used for both the mobile payment software2030 and the general operating system software 2052. It may be seen thatit may be difficult for the non-security software to access the securestorage region 203A of the eMMC memory 203 unless the keys Krpmb and Kseare both decrypted, so that privacy and integrity of data can be betterensured. The key Kse may be a means for generating a ciphertext in theSE 204 and preventing intrusion. Security of exchanging data between theSE 204, the CPU 205, and the storage interface 208 using an on-chip bus207 may be higher than another interface transmission technology, forexample, SPI transmission so that security of exchanging data betweenthe SE 204 and the eMMC memory 203 is improved. Therefore, compared witha solution in which data is exchanged between a CPU on a central chipand a SE outside the central chip using an SPI, in this embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the SE 204 can be integrated into the centralchip IC1 and data transfer is implemented between the SE 204 and the TEE2051 of the CPU 205 using the bus 207, so that security is better.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the SE 204 may include a third storagemodule 2047. When data is sent from the mobile payment softwareenvironment 2030 to the TEE 2051 using the processing procedure in FIG.4, the processor 2042 may first write the data to the third storagemodule 2047 and send an interrupt request to the CPU 205 on the bus 207to request the CPU 205 to read data in the third storage module 2047.The interrupt request may include an address of the read data in thethird storage module 2047. In this way, the CPU 205 may readcorresponding data from the third storage module 2047 in response to theinterrupt request. When sending data to the SE 204, the CPU 205 may alsowrite data to the third storage module 2047 and request, by sending theinterrupt request, the processor 2042 in the SE 204 or another componentto read the data. The interrupt request in this embodiment is anindication message used to request reading of data. The third storagemodule 2047 may be a RAM, for example, an inter-process communication(IPC) RAM. Alternatively, the third storage module 2047 may also beanother type of memory, for example, a cache. Compared with a manner forperforming communication using an off-chip SPI using the third storagemodule 2047, communication and data exchange between the SE 204 and theCPU 205 are both performed using the memory 2047 in the central chip IC1and the bus 207, and security is improved.

In another optional implementation manner, a memory storing the mobilepayment software 2030 and a memory storing the general operating systemsoftware 2052 may be physically isolated. In this case, a basicprocedure of writing or reading data is simplified. As shown in FIG. 5,in this case, the memory 203 is located in a second semiconductor chipIC2, which may be a nor flash memory. In a secure environment providedby the mobile payment software 2030, data 410 is data to be updated orupgraded, hash calculation processing is performed on the data 410 toobtain processed data 411, and the data 411 includes the data 410 thatis used as plaintext data and a hash value 410A of the data 410. Then,security encryption is performed on the data 411 in the secureenvironment. A key Kse may be used to encrypt the data 411 to obtainciphertext data 412. Then, the ciphertext data 412 is directly writtento the memory 203. The data read process is inverse to the data writeprocess and is not described in this embodiment. In this implementationsolution, the memory 203 is a storage apparatus dedicated to mobilepayment. In this case, the SE 204 may directly write various data to thememory 203 or read various data from the memory 203 without forwardingof the trusted execution environment 2051, where the data includes a COSmirror or application software data. When an erase operation isperformed, the processor 2042 in the SE 204 may send an eraseinstruction to the memory 203, where the instruction carries an addressof data needing to be erased. After receiving the instruction, thememory 203 may directly erase the data at the related address so as toimprove security.

According to the technical solutions, the embodiments of the presentdisclosure can implement secure mobile payment, and reduce costs anddesign difficulty of mobile payment. It should be noted that mobilepayment is an extensive definition, and not only includes commercial andfinancial mobile payment services, but also includes other types ofpayment services such as public transportation, an identity card, and asocial security card. For example, by means of mobile payment, a mobileterminal may be connected to a communication peer end to exchangepayment information with a server and to implement a data transaction,data redemption, or data settlement associated with one or more accountsin the mobile terminal. In addition to currency, another unit of a datatransaction, redemption, or data settlement may be applied as well, forexample, virtual currency, various types of bonus points or a line ofcredit, that can be used to implement payment, redemption, ortransaction settlement, which is not limited in this embodiment. Theaccount includes, but is not limited to, a personal account, a groupaccount, or an organization account. Compared with a payment behaviorimplemented on only a fixed terminal, mobile payment is implemented moreflexibly, and an entity for implementing mobile payment is a mobileterminal, which can better meet a requirement for performing payment atany time and in any place.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure,there may be multiple CPUs 205. That the multiple CPUs 205 exchange datawith another component, for example, the SE 204, in the mobile paymentapparatus 20 may be that any one or more of the multiple CPUs 205exchange data with the another component. When the mobile paymentapparatus 20 is in a working state, all or some of the multiple CPUs 205may be started and implement the TEE 2051, the general operating systemsoftware 2052, and other application software by means of division ofwork and coordination with each other.

In addition, the mobile payment apparatus 20 may further include agraphics processing unit (GPU), an audio processing unit, a powermanagement unit (PMU), or a global positioning system (GPS). Inaddition, the mobile terminal 21 may further include, in addition to themobile payment apparatus 20 mainly including various circuits, a touchscreen used to perform input, a display, and another necessary sensorsuch as a gravity accelerometer, a gyroscope, or an optical sensor.

The foregoing are merely exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure. A person skilled in the art may make various modificationsand variations to the present disclosure without departing from thespirit and scope of the present disclosure. For example, specific shapesor structures of components in the accompanying drawings in theembodiments of the present disclosure may be adjusted according to anactual application scenario.

What is claimed is:
 1. A mobile payment apparatus, comprising: atransceiver configured to exchange payment information with acommunication peer end using a radio link; a memory comprising: a securestorage region configured to store mobile payment software; and a commonstorage region configured to store general operating system software,wherein the secure storage region and common storage region are isolatedfrom each other; a secure element (SE) comprising; a processor; and afirst storage configured to provide memory space for executing themobile payment software by the processor; at least one centralprocessing unit (CPU) coupled to the transceiver, the memory, and theSE, wherein the SE and the at least one CPU are located in a firstsemiconductor chip in the mobile payment apparatus, and wherein thememory is located in a second semiconductor chip in the mobile paymentapparatus, wherein the at least one CPU is configured to read thegeneral operating system software from the common storage region andexecute the general operating system software, which causes the CPU tobe configured to control at least one of the transceiver, the memory, orthe SE, wherein the processor is configured to load the mobile paymentsoftware from the secure storage region into the first storage andexecute the mobile payment software, which causes the processor to beconfigured to exchange the payment information with the transceiver. 2.The mobile payment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mobilepayment software comprises mobile payment operating system software. 3.The mobile payment apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the mobilepayment software further comprises at least one type of mobile paymentapplication software.
 4. The mobile payment apparatus according to claim3, wherein the processor is further configured to: load one or moretypes of mobile payment application software of the at least one type ofmobile payment application software from the memory to the first storageupon being triggered by the payment information exchanged between theprocessor and the transceiver; and execute the one or more types ofmobile payment application software.
 5. The mobile payment apparatusaccording to claim 2, wherein the SE further comprises a second storageconfigured to store a startup program for initiating the processor, andwherein the processor is further configured to: read the startup programfrom the second storage when the SE is powered on; load the mobilepayment operating system software from the memory to the first storageunder action of the startup program; and execute the mobile paymentoperating system software.
 6. The mobile payment apparatus according toclaim 1, wherein the payment information comprises: a mobile paymentinstruction that is transmitted from the communication peer end to theprocessor via the transceiver; and mobile payment data transmitted fromthe processor to the communication peer end via the transceiver inresponse to the mobile payment instruction.
 7. The mobile paymentapparatus according to claim 6, wherein the mobile payment datacomprises data resulting from security processing, and wherein thesecurity processing comprises at least one of data encryption or dataintegrity protection.
 8. The mobile payment apparatus according to claim7, wherein the processor is further configured to generate the dataresulting from security processing.
 9. The mobile payment apparatusaccording to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured togenerate original data, and wherein the SE is configured to perform thesecurity processing on the original data to generate the data resultingfrom security processing.
 10. The mobile payment apparatus according toclaim 1, wherein the control performed by the at least one CPU on the atleast one of the transceiver, the memory, or the SE comprisescontrolling of turning-on, turning-off, entry into or exit from a lowpower state or entry into or exit from a working state.
 11. The mobilepayment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transceiver is a NFCunit, wherein the communication peer end is a payment terminal, andwherein the NFC unit is configured to exchange the payment informationwith the payment terminal by executing a short distance radiocommunication protocol.
 12. The mobile payment apparatus according toclaim 11, wherein the NFC unit is located in the first semiconductorchip or is located in a fourth semiconductor chip in the mobile paymentapparatus.
 13. The mobile payment apparatus according to claim 1,wherein the transceiver is a mobile transceiver, wherein thecommunication peer end is a RAN, and wherein the mobile transceiver isconfigured to exchange the payment information with the RAN by executinga cellular radio communication protocol.
 14. The mobile paymentapparatus according to claim 13, wherein the mobile transceiver islocated in the first semiconductor chip or is located in a fifthsemiconductor chip in the mobile payment apparatus.
 15. The mobilepayment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the SE is configured to:perform security verification on the mobile payment software after theprocessor loads the mobile payment software from the memory to the firststorage; and instruct the processor to execute the mobile paymentsoftware after the security verification succeeds, wherein the securityverification comprises at least one of security decryption or first hashcheck.
 16. The mobile payment apparatus according to claim 15, whereinthe SE is further configured to perform at least one type of processingin security encryption or first hash operation processing on update datato obtain processed update data, and wherein the processor is furtherconfigured to write the processed update data to the memory to updatethe mobile payment software.
 17. The mobile payment apparatus accordingto claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to performsecond hash operation processing on the processed update data using akey to obtain data to be stored when the processor writes the processedupdate data to the memory, and wherein the memory is further configuredto: perform second hash check on the data to be stored; obtain theprocessed update data after the second hash check succeeds; and updatethe mobile payment software using the processed update data.
 18. Themobile payment apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the processor isfurther configured to send the processed update data to the at least oneCPU when writing the processed update data to the memory, wherein the atleast one CPU is further configured to: perform second hash operationprocessing on the processed update data in a trusted executionenvironment using a key to obtain data to be stored; and send the datato be stored to the memory, wherein the trusted execution environment issecurely isolated from the general operating system software, andwherein the memory is further configured to: perform second hash checkon the data to be stored; obtain the processed update data after thesecond hash check succeeds; and update the mobile payment software usingthe processed update data.
 19. The mobile payment apparatus according toclaim 18, wherein the SE further comprises a third storage, and whereinthe processor is further configured to: write the processed update datato the third storage; and send a first interrupt request to the at leastone CPU, and wherein the at least one CPU is further configured to readthe processed update data from the third storage in response to thefirst interrupt request in the trusted execution environment.
 20. Themobile payment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor isfurther configured to: perform security verification on the mobilepayment software after loading the mobile payment software from thememory to the first storage; and execute the mobile payment softwareafter the security verification succeeds, wherein the securityverification comprises at least one of security decryption or first hashcheck.
 21. The mobile payment apparatus according to claim 20, whereinthe processor is further configured to: perform at least one type ofprocessing in security encryption or first hash operation processing onupdate data to obtain processed update data; and write the processedupdate data to the memory to update the mobile payment software.
 22. Themobile payment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least oneCPU is further configured to execute common application software exceptfor the mobile payment software.
 23. The mobile payment apparatusaccording to claim 1, wherein the general operating system softwareexecuted by the at least one CPU is securely isolated from the SE,wherein the first semiconductor is a single semiconductor chip, andwherein the second semiconductor chip is a single semiconductor chipseparate from the first semiconductor chip.
 24. The mobile paymentapparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is furtherconfigured to perform second hash operation processing on update data oran erase instruction using a key to obtain a processing result, andwherein the memory is further configured to: perform second hash checkon the processing result; obtain the update data or the eraseinstruction after the second hash check succeeds; and update the mobilepayment software using the update data or erase data that corresponds tothe erase instruction from the memory according to the eraseinstruction.
 25. The mobile payment apparatus according to claim 1,wherein the processor is further configured to send update data or anerase instruction to the at least one CPU, and wherein the at least oneCPU is further configured to: perform second hash operation processingon the update data or the erase instruction in a trusted executionenvironment using a key to obtain a processing result; and send theprocessing result to the memory, wherein the trusted executionenvironment is securely isolated from the general operating systemsoftware, and wherein the memory is further configured to: performsecond hash check on the processing result; obtain the update data orthe erase instruction after the second hash check succeeds; and updatethe mobile payment software using the update data or erase data thatcorresponds to the erase instruction from the memory according to theerase instruction.
 26. A semiconductor chip used in a mobile paymentapparatus, comprising: a memory comprising: a secure storage regionconfigured to store mobile payment software; and a common storage regionconfigured to store general operating system software, wherein thesecure storage region and common storage region are isolated from eachother; a secure element (SE) comprising: a processor; and a firststorage configured to provide memory space for executing the mobilepayment software by the processor; and at least one central processingunit (CPU) coupled to the SE and the memory, wherein the SE and the atleast one CPU are located in a first semiconductor chip in the mobilepayment apparatus, wherein the memory is located in a secondsemiconductor chip in the mobile payment apparatus, wherein the firstsemiconductor is a single semiconductor chip, and wherein the secondsemiconductor chip is a single semiconductor chip separate from thefirst semiconductor chip, and wherein the at least one CPU is configuredto read the general operating system software from the common storageregion and execute the general operating system software, which causesthe CPU to be configured to control the memory or the SE, wherein theprocessor is configured to load the mobile payment software from thesecure storage region into the first storage and execute the mobilepayment software, which causes the processor to be configured toexchange payment information with a transceiver in the mobile paymentapparatus under action of the mobile payment software.